Qassam Brigades announces the killing of two Israeli soldiers, and Hamas speaks of a war of attrition.

The Al-Qassam Brigades announced that its fighters killed two Israeli soldiers at point-blank range on Al-Nazzaz Street (east of the Shujaiya neighborhood) in the Gaza Strip last Tuesday. For its part, Hamas said that the endless war Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wanted would be his political and personal downfall.

The Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, had previously announced that it had targeted an Israeli D9 bulldozer with a 105 mm Al-Yasin missile on Saturday near the Yarmouk site in the Al-Manara neighborhood of Khan Yunis (southern Gaza Strip).

In a parallel context, a group calling itself the "Martyr Muhammad al-Deif Brigades" released a video clip that it claimed showed it targeting Israeli army forces in the Gaza Strip with three rockets.

war of attrition

For its part, Hamas said that the war the Israeli Prime Minister wanted to be endless has become a daily burden, and that his political and personal end will come after the illusion of a quick resolution has been shattered.

She also stated that the occupation's escalation of military operations is exacerbating its losses and pushing its prisoners into the unknown. She argued that the only solution is a comprehensive deal, which Netanyahu rejects.

Hamas added that the absolute victory Netanyahu is talking about is nothing but an illusion intended to mislead his audience, asserting that the resistance is waging a war of attrition in response to the genocide against civilians, surprising the "enemy" daily with new battlefield tactics.

Since October 7, 2023, Israel, with American support, has been committing genocide in Gaza, resulting in the deaths and injuries of more than 180,000 Palestinians—mostly children and women—and more than 11,000 missing, in addition to hundreds of thousands of displaced persons, a famine that has claimed the lives of many, including children, and widespread destruction.